asp.net - global.asax in asp.net 2.0 app - asp.net

Question

I created a global.asax file for an asp.net application. I run some code in the session_start method. The code does not get executed. Is there some type of procedure for using a global.asax file in asp.net 2.0?
I have the asax file itself and also a codebehind file.
Thank you!
Edit:
asax file:
<%# Application Codebehind="Global.asax.cs" Inherits="GrowUp.Global" %>
The code behind file:
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.SessionState;
namespace Ligdol
{
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for Global.
/// </summary>
public class Global : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
public Global()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
protected void Application_Start(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Application["HostName"] = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["HostName"];
Application["counter"] = 1;
}
protected void Session_Start(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Get the count from the application variable
int counter = int.Parse(Application["counter"].ToString());
//Check if a cookie exists.
if(HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies["ligdolVersion"] != null)
{
//If a cookie exists, we need to redirect the user to the respective site.
if(HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies["ligdolVersion"].ToString() == "new")
{
Response.StatusCode = 302;
Response.Status = "Moved temporarily";
Response.Redirect("http://beta.ligdol.co.il");
return;
}
else if(HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies["ligdolVersion"].ToString() == "old")
{
return;
}
}
else if (counter == 40)
{
// If a cookie does not already exist,
//we need to check if the user is to be allowed to continue to the old site
//or be redirected to the new site.
//Note in a file that a user was redirected, so we can get an estimate of how many are being redirected.
System.IO.TextWriter tw = new System.IO.StreamWriter(#"redirect.log");
tw.WriteLine("Redirected to new site.");
tw.Close();
// Reset counter.
Application["counter"] = 1;
//write cookie made to expire in 30 days, by then the experiment will be over (we hope!).
HttpCookie cookie = new HttpCookie("ligdolVersion");
DateTime dtNow = DateTime.Now;
TimeSpan tsSpan = new TimeSpan(30, 0, 0, 0, 0);
cookie.Expires = dtNow + tsSpan;
cookie.Value = "new";
Response.Cookies.Add(cookie);
Response.Redirect("http://beta.ligdol.co.il");
return;
}
else
{
System.IO.TextWriter tw = new System.IO.StreamWriter(#"redirect.log");
tw.WriteLine("Redirected to old site.");
tw.Close();
HttpCookie cookie = new HttpCookie("ligdolVersion");
DateTime dtNow = DateTime.Now;
TimeSpan tsSpan = new TimeSpan(30, 0, 0, 0, 0);
cookie.Expires = dtNow + tsSpan;
cookie.Value = "old";
Response.Cookies.Add(cookie);
return;
}
}
protected void Application_BeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void Application_EndRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void Application_AuthenticateRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void Application_Error(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void Session_End(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void Application_End(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
#region Web Form Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
}
#endregion
}
}

Answer 1

The issue was the codebehind file. Once I put the code inline inside the asax file, it worked. This might be the only solution for old website projects.